pregnancen.

Brit.

/ˈprɛɡnəns/, U.S.

/ˈprɛɡnəns/

Forms: 1500s pregnaunce, 1500s– pregnance.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pregnant adj.¹, -ance suffix.

Etymology: < pregnant adj.¹: see -ance suffix. Compare earlier pregnancy n.¹With sense 2 compare French prégnance (1945) and earlier Prägnanz n.

1. = pregnancy n.¹ (in various senses).Not used for pregnancy n.¹ 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun]

i-witc888

anyitOE

understandinga1050

ferec1175

skillwisenessa1200

quaintisec1300

brainc1325

cunning1340

reder1340

cunningnessa1400

sentencec1400

intelligence?1435

speculation1471

ingeny1474

cunningheadc1475

capacity1485

pregnancyc1487

dexterity1527

pregnance?1533

shift1542

wittiness1543

ingeniousness1555

conceitedness1576

pate1598

conceit1604

ingeniosity1607

dexterousness1622

talent1622

ingenuousness1628

solertiousnessa1649

ingenuity1651

partedness1654

brightness1655

solerty1656

prettiness1674

long head1694

long lega1705

cleverness1755

smartness1800

cleverality1828

brain power1832

knowledgeability1834

braininess1876

cerebrality1901

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > making or becoming productive or fruitful > capacity for

pregnance?1533

fecundity1642

parturiency1652

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > productivity of

pregnancyc1487

pregnance?1533

fertilenessa1586

fertility1615

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] > intellectual range > of young persons

pregnance?1533

pregnancy1599

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > fertility or richness

fecundityc1420

fertility1490

pregnance?1533

fatness1555

battleness1598

pride1603

lust1605

pregnancy1615

pinguity1623

generousness1695

productivity1865

?1533–4 R. Saltwood Compar. bytwene iiij. Byrdes sig. Cij The flowre of study of me expressyd To dylygent pregnaunce comyn is lent.

1594 Zepheria sig. B Ye moderne Lawreats famous for your writ, Who for your pregnance may in Delos dwell.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. ii. 81 Increase comprehends all profits deriued from the Pregnance and Production of the Earth.

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 16 I cannot but admire the ripenes, and the pregnance of his native trechery.

1729 G. Seagood tr. A. Blackamore in Maryland Gaz. 17 June 1/2 They prov'd the teeming Pregnance of the Land.

1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 110 Might see his embryo fancies quickly grow, Unto a pregnance, yea, an overflow.

1893 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 8 91 The grammar, vocabulary and the construction of words and sentences betray the awkward stiffness of a language in its first literary beginnings, but it is shown in all its youthful strength and pregnance.

1955 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 14 14 These simple little spells tended to lose..some of their original earthy pregnance.

2002 NPR: Weekend All Things Considered (transcript of radio programme) (Nexis) 21 Dec. Juan DeNardo, soaking in the pregnance of good coffee and life's possibilities.

2. = Prägnanz n.The rendering of Prägnanz as pregnance is perhaps confusing, as the former implies the quality of definiteness rather than potentiality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > structure perceived as a whole > [noun] > tendency to conciseness

Prägnanz1931

pregnance1948

1948 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. June 181 How little we still know of the details of this process of adaptation, of its conditions and limitations, of its relation to..‘the law of pregnance’.

1969 G. N. Seagrim tr. J. Piaget Mechanisms of Perception vi. 305 Pregnance..is only a coercive effect produced..by a form whose elements..succeed in compensating any deformations which are present.

1974 R. Arnheim Art & Visual Perception (rev. ed.) ii. 67 To compound the confusion, translators have rendered the German Prägnanz with the English pregnance, which means very nearly the opposite.

2001 New Statesman (Nexis) 3 Dec. It is only in virtue of this ‘pregnance’ that we live in an objective world at all; otherwise we would be imprisoned within our immediate sensations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pregnance
释义	pregnancen. Brit. /ˈprɛɡnəns/, U.S. /ˈprɛɡnəns/ Forms: 1500s pregnaunce, 1500s– pregnance. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pregnant adj.¹, -ance suffix. Etymology: < pregnant adj.¹: see -ance suffix. Compare earlier pregnancy n.¹With sense 2 compare French prégnance (1945) and earlier Prägnanz n. 1. = pregnancy n.¹ (in various senses).Not used for pregnancy n.¹ 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] i-witc888 anyitOE understandinga1050 ferec1175 skillwisenessa1200 quaintisec1300 brainc1325 cunning1340 reder1340 cunningnessa1400 sentencec1400 intelligence?1435 speculation1471 ingeny1474 cunningheadc1475 capacity1485 pregnancyc1487 dexterity1527 pregnance?1533 shift1542 wittiness1543 ingeniousness1555 conceitedness1576 pate1598 conceit1604 ingeniosity1607 dexterousness1622 talent1622 ingenuousness1628 solertiousnessa1649 ingenuity1651 partedness1654 brightness1655 solerty1656 prettiness1674 long head1694 long lega1705 cleverness1755 smartness1800 cleverality1828 brain power1832 knowledgeability1834 braininess1876 cerebrality1901 the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun] > making or becoming productive or fruitful > capacity for pregnance?1533 fecundity1642 parturiency1652 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > productivity of pregnancyc1487 pregnance?1533 fertilenessa1586 fertility1615 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [noun] > intellectual range > of young persons pregnance?1533 pregnancy1599 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > fertility or richness fecundityc1420 fertility1490 pregnance?1533 fatness1555 battleness1598 pride1603 lust1605 pregnancy1615 pinguity1623 generousness1695 productivity1865 ?1533–4 R. Saltwood Compar. bytwene iiij. Byrdes sig. Cij The flowre of study of me expressyd To dylygent pregnaunce comyn is lent. 1594 Zepheria sig. B Ye moderne Lawreats famous for your writ, Who for your pregnance may in Delos dwell. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia iv. ii. 81 Increase comprehends all profits deriued from the Pregnance and Production of the Earth. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 16 I cannot but admire the ripenes, and the pregnance of his native trechery. 1729 G. Seagood tr. A. Blackamore in Maryland Gaz. 17 June 1/2 They prov'd the teeming Pregnance of the Land. 1766 A. Nicol Poems Several Subj. 110 Might see his embryo fancies quickly grow, Unto a pregnance, yea, an overflow. 1893 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 8 91 The grammar, vocabulary and the construction of words and sentences betray the awkward stiffness of a language in its first literary beginnings, but it is shown in all its youthful strength and pregnance. 1955 Jrnl. Near Eastern Stud. 14 14 These simple little spells tended to lose..some of their original earthy pregnance. 2002 NPR: Weekend All Things Considered (transcript of radio programme) (Nexis) 21 Dec. Juan DeNardo, soaking in the pregnance of good coffee and life's possibilities. 2. = Prägnanz n.The rendering of Prägnanz as pregnance is perhaps confusing, as the former implies the quality of definiteness rather than potentiality. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > object of perception > structure perceived as a whole > [noun] > tendency to conciseness Prägnanz1931 pregnance1948 1948 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. June 181 How little we still know of the details of this process of adaptation, of its conditions and limitations, of its relation to..‘the law of pregnance’. 1969 G. N. Seagrim tr. J. Piaget Mechanisms of Perception vi. 305 Pregnance..is only a coercive effect produced..by a form whose elements..succeed in compensating any deformations which are present. 1974 R. Arnheim Art & Visual Perception (rev. ed.) ii. 67 To compound the confusion, translators have rendered the German Prägnanz with the English pregnance, which means very nearly the opposite. 2001 New Statesman (Nexis) 3 Dec. It is only in virtue of this ‘pregnance’ that we live in an objective world at all; otherwise we would be imprisoned within our immediate sensations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1533
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